CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Senior Holiday Cahill hit her 31st career home run to tie the all-time school record during the Towson University softball team's 17-2 victory over Hampton in the Carolina Classic Friday night.
 
How It Happened

• Cahill's home run in the fifth inning was one of nine extra base hits in the game for the Tigers.
• Cahill tied Aimee Rosa's home run total. Rosa played for Towson from 2005-08.
• Nicole Stockinger had three doubles.
• Stockinger doubled twice during Towson's eight-run third inning.
• Shelby Stracher had three hits, including a two-out, three-run home run in the first inning that gave Towson a 4-0 advantage.
• Madison Wilson, Kendyl Scott, Brook Miko, Bailey Boyd and Scott had two hits each for Towson.
• Boyd had a two-run single in the third inning that expanded Towson's lead to 6-1.
• Wilson's bases clearing double in the third inning scored three runs and swelled the Tigers' lead to 9-1.
• Boyd added a solo home run leading off the fourth inning that gave Towson a 13-1 advantage.
• Scott cleaned the bases with a three-run triple during Towson's four-run fifth inning.
• Freshman pitcher Julia Smith-Harrington earned the win after going four innings.
• Senior pitcher Carly Delauder tossed a scoreless inning.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson's first seven batters reached base in the third inning.
• The three RBIs tie a career high for Boyd.
• This was Stockinger and Stracher's first three hit game and their fourth multi-hit game this season.
• Towson has won 43 consecutive games when scoring at least seven runs.
• The 17 runs and 17 hits are a season high for the Tigers.
• This was the first time this season, Towson reached double figures in runs scored.
• Scott extended her hitting streak to six games.
• Cahill enjoyed her team leading fifth multi-hit game.
• Cahill, Stracher and Boyd all scored three runs each.
• Cahill has 160 career hits and leads the Tigers with a .433 batting average through 11 games.
• The game was completed in 96 minutes.
• Kial Watts led Hampton with two hits, including a solo home run.

 
Up Next
Towson continues the Carolina Classic by playing Marshall Saturday morning at 1 p.m.